Alba Sanchez She will change her research coat The astronaut suit. From his laboratory he will take his pipettes, his test tubes, his research and his knowledge with him. This 27-year-old biotechnologist from Granada has been preparing for months to take part in a research work consisting of: Simulation of life on the planet Mars.
The location is not the Red Planet, but looks very similar. It will be postponed Utah desert, in the United States, where his mission will be. Two weeks, from March 31 to April 14, during which the living conditions of the Red Planet will be recreated. “When we are at the station we will have no contact with the outside world, as if we were in a control center, we will carry walkie-talkies with us. We will do exits outside of the vehicle. “They consist of putting on the spacesuit and going outside with your decompressions,” explains Alba.
The young woman is currently completing her doctorate in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Seven other researchers will be with her. more that will be sent to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS). They are all young scientific talents and each of them will conduct an experiment. “I'm going to study the immune system before, during and after the missionn for each of the eight participants. I will examine how isolation conditions affect stress. “In addition, I will measure various antibodies and cytokines,” he adds.
Those chosen for this mission must do so Water ration for drinking and showering. They will also have some of the foods that astronauts eat in space. “We will have a greenhouse and grow grain there,” says Alba. She will be responsible for telling everything on social networks. “They assigned me the role of a journalist and I have to document the operation,” he says. She is the only Spanish woman who will take part in the mission.